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SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Enters Fourth Year in the West End

By: Nov. 01, 2017
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A new musical is born at every performance of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi-award winning musical comedians The Showstoppers. The show has just announced 2018 dates, entering its fourth year in the West End.

2018 performances at the The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London: Monday 29 January, 7.30pm; Monday 19 February, 7.30pm; Monday 19 March, 7.30pm; Monday 16 April, 7.30pm; Monday 14 May, 7.30pm; Monday 11 June, 7.30pm; and Monday 09 July, 7.30pm.

Audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing shows with unpredictable and hilarious results. Every Showstopper! performance is a hit musical waiting to happen.

With a critically acclaimed West End run, a BBC Radio Four series, over 900 shows and nine years of festivals and touring to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences around the world with their ingenious, unique blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity.

Recent shows have included: 'The Lady and the Trump', a love story set in the White House; 'Tindertanic', set on the SS Cupid, a cruise line for singeltons, 'Crimea River' set in imperial Russia; 'The Lyin' King' set in the Daily Mail newsroom; 'I never tyre of Georgia' set in Kwikfit in the Deep South, 'Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow' set in a Royal Retirement Home and 'Glad!', a glorious tale of discovered sexuality, free love and the breaking of repression among gladiators in ancient Rome.

Showstopper! was created by Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery. Duncan Walsh Atkins is Musical Director, with design by Simon Scullion, lighting by Tim Mascall and sound by Tom Lishman.

The cast includes Ruth Bratt, Justin Brett, Dylan Emery, Pippa Evans, Susan Harrison, Sean McCann, Adam Meggido, Philip Pellew, Andrew Pugsley, Lucy Trodd, and Sarah-Louise Young; with seven cast members appearing per performance plus a live on-stage band.

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is presented by James Seabright, Julius Green, Keith Strachan and Ray Cooney by arrangement with Suzanna Rosenthal for Showstopper Productions.



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